The Green Room: Celtics fan diaries

Seven the lucky number, but no guarantee

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:05:53 GMT

With thirteen games remaining in the regular season, the Celtics find themselves in seventh place in the Eastern Conference. Boston's record is 36-33, two games better than the Milwaukee Bucks. The Celtics, who are 4-6 in their last 10 games,...

Celtics finally stand up to Nets

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:30:30 GMT

On Christmas Day, the real Boston Celtics made their first appearance of the 2012-13 season. This time of year it is always nice to receive gifts, even late ones. Celtics fans finally got what they had on their list when...

25 on 25

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:26:46 GMT

Here are 25 thoughts on the first 25 games of the season..For all of those people out there saying that the Celtics (13-12) are done, a less-talented version of the team was 14-11 after 25 games last season and ended...

Leftover thoughts on Rondo suspension

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:57:23 GMT

Rajon Rondo was suspended by the league for two games following a scuffle with Brooklyn Nets forward, Kris Humphries on Wednesday night. After a fierce shoving match, Rondo, Humphries, and the Nets' Gerald Wallace were ejected from the game, but...

"The Dunk"

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:28:44 GMT

WRITER's NOTE: Apologies to ESPN's Chris Forsberg, who wrote this terrific piece on this dunk early this morning. I had not yet read his work when I began this post. Jeff Green gave us one of the greatest in-game dunks in...

Rondo's World

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:46:05 GMT

Monday night in Chicago the rest of the NBA was put on alert. Rajon Rondo is playing like one of the best players in the league, and will have a legitimate shot at winning the MVP this year if he...

Too Early to Grade Green

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:53:59 GMT

After three less than stellar performances to open the season, it didn't take the Boston Celtics long to flip the general mood of the fan base on its head. Before 4% of the season has been played, the Celtics have...

Green Room: 2012-13 Season Preview

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:18:58 GMT

Finally. The most anticipated regular seasons since Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen wore something other than a Boston Celtics uniform is finally here. Of the two, though, only Garnett re-upped with Boston, as Allen chose to play with the Miami...

The Outro

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:08:22 GMT

The Celtics' remarkable postseason run came to an end Saturday evening in Miami. After hanging with the heavily favored Miami Heat for six games and three quarters, and trading blows early in the fourth quarter of Game 7, Boston finally...

Hard road to glory

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:00:43 GMT

The Boston Celtics will suit up in Miami tonight to play possibly their final game together as currently constituted. The Big Three are coming in for their final approach. "Grit and Balls" teeters on the brink of extinction. Once again...

Standing at the threshold

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:07:36 GMT

"You and me, we created something special, You and me always standing at the threshold."--Deer Tick, Standing at the Threshold The Boston Celtics are standing at the threshold of a third NBA Finals appearance in the last five years; an...

On Bosh and on Bass on Bosh

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:26:30 GMT

The Heat should get Dwyane Wade a white lab coat. While the Miami superstar has not earned his PhD, like Shaq, Sunday night Wade for the first in his career cleared an NBA player to come off the injured list....

One Four a series

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:09:42 GMT

The Celtics desperately need a win in Game 4 to make this a long series, and shift the pressure back on the Miami Heat. The longer the series goes, the better chance that the Celtics have to win it. The...

Calculating the counter punch

Wed, 30 May 2012 12:00:47 GMT

The 2012 NBA Playoffs begin tonight for the Boston Celtics. Yes, I'm aware that two series are already in the books, and Monday night was the opener of the Eastern Conference Finals, a game that had Miami trying to deliver a...

Pre-Heated: Conference Finals Preview

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:13:57 GMT

The Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat will once again face off in the playoffs; this time in the Eastern Conference Finals. Last season, the Heat, and Lebron James specifically, "exorcised " their playoff demon, these Celtics, by handily defeating...

Celtics need to win and be first in

Wed, 23 May 2012 02:05:19 GMT

The Boston Celtics will have an opportunity to move one step closer to the NBA Finals with a win in Philadelphia on Wednesday night against the 76ers. Midway through the season the Celtics were probably one of the last teams...

Sleepless in the Second Round

Mon, 21 May 2012 01:29:37 GMT

I didn't get any sleep Friday night. I rolled around in bed until around 5am Saturday morning, when I finally got up and drove around town like a zombie, pretending to do errands. I still had the same burning pit...

Green Room: Playoff Preview

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:02:35 GMT

The Boston Celtics begin their 2012 playoff push tonight in Atlanta against the Hawks. Boston's chances in the playoffs, once a laughable slim-to-none, have improved markedly in the last few weeks. Injuries to key players on opposing teams, the emergence...

Celtics set to face critical stretch

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:22:47 GMT

The Boston Celtics stand on the precipice of their most difficult stretch of the season, coming off of one of their most successful. The Celtics are 13-5 since the All-Star break and have seemingly come together after a trade deadline...

Thoughts on the Celtics in LA

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:48:39 GMT

The Boston Celtics left Los Angeles with a split in the back-to-back at the Staples Center. Any Celtics fan would take one of two on the road against quality competition, after a cross country flight. While I'm certainly not complaining...

On Pierce and on Kobe

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:52:08 GMT

Paul Pierce and Kobe Bryant met again on the court last night, with Kobe and the Lakers getting the best of Celtics again, in Boston. The two stars both had solid efforts, but in the end it was the bigs of the Lakers...

Thoughts on a shaky start

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:36:37 GMT

The Boston Celtics are 0-3 for the first time since the abysmal 2006 regular season. Sure, the Celtics had to face the Miami Heat and the revamped New York Knicks on their home openers on national television. Sure, they had...